Since Postcards from Ireland is currently in the making, and our girls are very busy, here's the place to list all that we do know for sure about it yet.

• Tara, Megan, Muirgen and Chloe are the definite album line up, but Susan is also at least partly involved
• The dvd/special will consist of various films shot all over Ireland, which presumeably make up the postcards
• There will be songs or scenes filmed at sunrise
• One of the songs will probably be Wild Mountain Thyme

Update from 4. September:

We will get to hear new music on Friday, 10. September. Whether this means the entire album, an individual single, or a preview, is not yet known.

The album tracklist, at least for the "basic" version, is likely as follows:

• The Dawning of the Day
• Bonny Portmore
• Mise Éire
• Wild Mountain Thyme
• Beeswing
• Down By The Salley Gardens
• Where Sheep May Safely Graze
• Angel
• The Lakes of Pontchartrain
• May it Be
• The Clam of the Day / The Banshee
• The Galway Shawl
• Black is the Colour

That means it consists mostly of traditional Irish music, but also a few contemporary and classical songs. It has also two re-recordings. There does not seem to be an original song on the album, unless some of the songs are not the expected versions, and instead share the same title.

It is, as of yet, not known who performs which songs. However, it is likely that May it Be will be similar to the version from the Celebration tour. Track 11 might be a violin solo, as this is often the case with Celtic Woman songs that consists of two songs. It is also likely that Down By The Salley Gardens will be the Britten's setting, as it is very popular with many CW fans, and the traditional Irish air of the same name has already been used for Moorlough Shore. All of this is, of course, merely speculation of my part and might be wildly incorrect.

It is a pretty big thing, after all. Do you think they will make a new album, or even a dvd? Since Gavin Murphy "took over" they had an album every year, and I can't think they'd let that opportunity pass, especially with Chloe on board.

According to Mairéad's story, the girls are recording new songs! Wonder what sort?

Mine are:

Méav: I Dreamt I Dwellt In Marble Halls
Silver Sea: The Waves of Tory
A Celtic Journey: Down By The Salley Gardens (actually I Dreamt... but I've chosen that before!)
The Calling: Glimmering Girl
Celtic Dreams: Codail a Linbh

Another show idea of mine, if you don't mind

Dresses
For the first act, all wear lovely, light and bright green gowns. Mairéad's has off-the-shoulder sleeves/shashes, Megan's has long sleeves, Éabha's is sleeveles, but with floats from shoulders to wrists, Tara's has a sort of pinafore style (think Susan's yellow VoA dress) - all sleeves are semi-transparent and very sparkly. The dresses are generally very sparkly, with many stones and with wide, flowing fabrics. The dresses have a similar colour scheme and fabrics, but completely different styles/cuts. Méav's dress is a slightly darker, richer green, sleeveles, mermaid shaped, with golden and silver details.
The ceili dresses are very plain, white dresses with sweetheart necklines and no sleeves - ankle lenght for Tara, calf lenght for the others. Tara's dress has a silver sash/belt around the waist. Then for the rest of the intermission/early first act, the white skirts of the singers' dresses are changed to ankle lenght skirts in lavender/blue for Mairéad, soft yellow for Megan, and pale pink for Éabha, also with silver shashes/belts like Tara's. Tara's dress stays as it is. Then, they change into sparkly, beautiful gowns - all the same shape, but different colours. The skirts all keep the colours of the ceili dresses - but a lot brighter and richer shades. Tara's white has a slight silver shimmer. The tops are all very sparkly gold, and go down in a sort of star shaped style, with flowy, soft skirts that fall down fairly narrow, but swing extremely wide (due to the cut). Méav's dress is almost pure gold with various colours shimmering beneath it, with transparent sleeves and a wide skirt.

Stage
Inspired by Ancient Land and Believe - very Celtic, but also very lush. Beautiful, and detailed, but not over-the-top, with very nice, colourful, but elegant elements.

Musical style
True Celtic Woman - the perfect mix of Celtic, Classical, Contemporary, and Crossover. The arrangements are intricate, but not too heavy, and the styles of music overlap and interchance. The songs are arranged to suit the performers, and show off their ability. The tone is sweet and happy, at other times gentle and melancholy, never too poppy, but also never too blue. Like all Celtic Woman shows/albums it has its own sound, but if you'd want to compare it to older albums, it's more like A New Journey, or Emerald, or Ancient Land, compared to the others. If they have done the song before, the arrangement should be new. The intros of the opening and ceili songs are fairly short, even though I have put them seperately, and they don't really count as songs lenght wise - they can very well be merged as tracks with their counterparts. So does Be Still with Mo Ghile Mear.

Tara is playing her violin unless stated otherwise. Group means Mairéad, Éabha, Tara, and Megan. I mention Méav explicitly when she appears in a song.


Opening
[Original Violin Intro written by Gavin and/or Méav] - Tara
[Original Intro Song written by Gavin and/or Méav] - Group

Act I [green dresses]
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Méav, with the others joining in near the end [Tara singing]
Invitation - Tara
Early One Morning - Group
Lift the Wings - Éabha, Megan
The Trees They Grow So High - Mairéad
Down By The Salley Gardens - Megan, Tara [harp]
The Wild Mountainside - Group
Fuigfidh Mise an Baile Seo - Éabha
Dante's Prayer - Mairéad, Tara
Love's Old Sweet Song - Group and Méav

Intermission Part I [ceili dresses]
[New Original Ceili Intro written by Gavin and/or Méav] [can be based on a traditional] - Group with instruments
[New Original Ceili Song written by Gavin and/or Méav] [can be based on a traditional] - Group

Intermission Part II [extended ceili dresses]
Danny Boy - Group [Tara on harp]
All Things Bright and Beautiful - Group [Tara on harp]
An Maighdean Mara - Group [Tara singing] [acapella]

Act I
Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears - Group, Méav
Scarlet Ribbons - Mairéad
Tell Me What Love Is - Megan, Tara
Bunessan - Tara
The Mummer's Dance - Méav
Since You and I Were True - Éabha
The Soft Goodbye - Megan, Mairéad, Éabha
Be Still - Mairéad, Megan, Éabha
Mo Ghile Mear - Group, Méav
Celtic Prayer - Tara, Méav

Ending
The Parting Glass - Group
Encore: Spanish Lady/At the Ceili/Nil Se'n La - Group, Méav

At least for Danny Boy - a similar green to the Ballroom of Romance dresses, but a different style! I think they are very pretty.

Here's the place to post videos from the new tour!

I have only found this small clip of The Parting Glass yet: https://www.instagram.com/p/Buc-sc0Amso/